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Patented April' 9, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, RICHARD KEESE, of Bennington, in the county ofMorrow, and State ot Ohio, have invented certain new and useful.improvements in Ghurns; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and complete description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in whieh Figure 1 is a side view of the churn.

Figure 2 is a top view of the dasher.

Figure 3 is a side view of the same. Y

Like letters of reference re'i'er to like parts in the views.-

The body of thisl churn consists of the Square box A, iig. l, the sizeof which accor-ding to the capacity of the churn required. B is a shaft,the lowel` end of which is provided with a point, andl upon which itrevolves in a stop at the bottom et' the churn. On the lower end of thisshaft are arranged three dashers,D E G, tig. 2, but which may be more orless in number for a reason hereafter given. These dashers are madeadjust able, and 4are secured to the sha-ft by the thumb-screws C, or byinserting a pin through them into the shaft. The relative position ofthe dashors to each other and the peculiar shape of the same is shown iniigs. 2 and 3, in which it will be seen that the lowest one, D, is sobiased as to throw the cream up from'the bottom of the churn; whereas,the middle one, E, is biased from the two sides down to a longitudinaledge, E, the effect of which is to divide the cream, throwing a part ofthe sume downward against the cream as it is thrown upward by the lowerdasher, and the upper side throwing the cream upward against the creamthrown downward by the upper dasher G, the shape of which being thereverse of the dasher D, the inclination of the bias of the lower onethrowing the cream upward from the bottom against the lower side of themiddle dasher, and the inclination' of the bias of the upper dashcrthrowing the cream down upon the plane ofthe middle one; hence, by therevo` iution of the dashers, the cream is agitatedand thrown againstitself and at the same time compressed by the inclination of the-dashersabove described. As it passes between them, by this joint actionof thedashers, the cream is completely agitated, and with increased force, bythccompressing action of the dashers, and thus tho globules or sacs areeasily and quickly broken and the work of churning soon accomplished. Asabove remarked, the dashers or beaters are so attached to the shaft asto be adjustable, the purpose of which is to regulate the number ofbeaters and the distance of tho saine from each other according to thenature and quantity oi cream in the churn. A very thick cream eitherrequiresa less number of dashers or that the saine number be placedfnrther'apart, so that the cream may pass easily andfreely betwceatheni.A large quantity of cream requires a larger number of dashers inconsequence of" the increased depth, so that the whole mass maybeagitated from top to bottom. ".lhis addition to the number of dashers iseasily and readily supplied by sliding those upon the shaft further upand then adding the others below and securing them by ine-ans ot' thethumb-Screws referred to. Y Thus, a churn full of cream may bo churnedat once by simply adding more beaters to the dasher.

The churn is operated as follows: H is a shaft, upon which is mountedthc wheel I, from which runs the band J around a pulley on the shaft B,the operation being performed by the handle K, iixeil to the upper sideof the wheel I, above referred to.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.,is

The adjustable dashers D E G, and thumb-screws C, constructed andarranged in relation to each other as specified, and in combination withthe shaft and body of the churn, operating as and for the purpose setforth.

RICHD KEESE.

Witnesses GEO. HOWELL, Punts C. HOWELL,

